jrw@bpdsun1.uucp (Jon Wahlmann) (09/26/89)
I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in facilitating the transfer. I have numerous files, mostly ascii, that I would like to move over to my Amiga. I am planning on parting with my C128 as soon as I can get some software ported over to the Amiga that is currently only running on the 128. I hope to put out a call for offers on my system within the next couple of months, once I have transfered any necessary files over to my 2000. Thanks for any help. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan R. Wahlmann Harris Corp - Broadcast Div - Quincy, IL (W) (217) 222-8200, x3619 quintro!bpdsun1!jrw@lll-winken.llnl.gov (H) (217) 224-6918 uunet!tiamat!quintro!bpdsun1!jrw
jbh@mibte.UUCP (James Harvey) (09/28/89)
In article <1989Sep26.130937.8728@bpdsun1.uucp>, jrw@bpdsun1.uucp (Jon Wahlmann) writes: > > I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting > a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the > necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any > transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in > facilitating the transfer. > > I have numerous files, mostly ascii, that I would like to move over to > my Amiga. I am planning on parting with my C128 as soon as I can get > some software ported over to the Amiga that is currently only running > on the 128. I hope to put out a call for offers on my system within > the next couple of months, once I have transfered any necessary files > over to my 2000. > > Jon > (W) (217) 222-8200, x3619 quintro!bpdsun1!jrw@lll-winken.llnl.gov > (H) (217) 224-6918 uunet!tiamat!quintro!bpdsun1!jrw I do a lot of this. The absolutely easiest thing for you to do is to get the ReadySoft C64 Emulator II which comes with a speecial cable that connects a standard 1541 type disk drive to the Amiga Parallel port. There is a program included called "Transfer" that will read and write to and from the 1541, even does PetSCII to Ascii conversion if requested. It works perfectly, I've transferred many Megabytes with it. The C64 Emulator itself bites the big one, but the cable and Transfer program are worth the price. -- Jim Harvey | "Ask not for whom the bell Michigan Bell Telephone | tolls and you will only pay 29777 Telegraph | Station-to-Station rates." Southfield, Mich. 48034 | ulysses!gamma!mibte!jbh
mikef@hpspdra.HP.COM (Mike Fischer) (09/28/89)
Sorry to post a non-working suggestion, but email bounced. I've tried to do C64 => A1000 transfers using terminal emulator programs and an RS-232 null modem cable between the serial port on the Amiga and a "real" RS-232 adapter on the C64. The terminal emulators were Handshake on the Amiga, and Autocom (came with a modem) on the C64. Both of these terminal programs have worked flawlessly over many years with many different host machines thru many different modems. However the transfer gave me many problems with extra characters: tabs and line feeds, as I recall; enough to be essentially useless. The text characters did transfer error-free. I tried all the different transfer parameter settings that seemed appropriate on both computers to no avail. I was really disappointed; and I still feel that this hookup should be the most straightforward way to do transfers. What's the good recipe? -- Mike Fischer mikef%hpspd@hplabs.hp.com *!hplabs!hpspdra!mikef
jenglish@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Jim English) (09/29/89)
In article <1989Sep26.130937.8728@bpdsun1.uucp> jrw@bpdsun1.UUCP (Jon Wahlmann) writes: > >I would like to know if any one has had success in directly connecting >a C64 or C128 to an Amiga. If so, could some one provide me with the >necessary pinouts to make a cable for such a connection and with any >transfer software or the names of any terminal programs used in >facilitating the transfer. > What I did, was to simply hook the two computers together via RS232. I ran a terminal program on each computer, and Xmodem'd the files across. It was slow, but it worked. -- Jim English MD-IPC | JENGLISH@F74.TYMNET.COM or jenglish@tardis.tymnet.com (214)637-7406 Dallas | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jenglish